Collapsible garment rack



J. LKNCIK ET AL COLLAPSIBLE GARMENT RACK Filed March 1927 171w avast ATTORNEY lii atented ct, a, a i lid aosnrnt amen nun .anna denser, or i i-nirvana; new annsmr.

This-invention relates, generally, to an iinthe same in an orderly manner, and substanproved term and construction of collapsible "tially sate against accidental injury, while, garment rack which is especially adapted to nevertheless, so exposed as to be easily identisupport-outdoor garmentasuch as mens and lied and repossessed by the owners thereof.

t WOllltkl'lSCOEtlJS, hats, etc. a The invention also has for its object to'pro- 55 This invention has for its principal obvide a rack for temporary use, which when j ect to provide a collapsible rack for use in not in use may be collapsed so to occupy homes, restaurants, and places oi entertain but little space, and consequently maybe inent wherein a temporary means for the dceasily stored away until occasion for the use 10 posit of out-door garments is desirable. oi the same arisesv to its an illustration oi" the conienience Uther objects or this invention, not at this served by a collapsible garment rack oil the time more particularly enumerated will be kind contemplated by this invention, rettclearly understood trom the following deerence may be made to the ditliculties exist tailed description of the same.

ingin the average home in providing for the The invention is clearly illustrated in the to care and deposit of the outdoor garments accompanying drawings, in which er guests attending entertainments or social Figure 1 is a perspective end elevation o gatherings in such home. The ordinary home the novel collapsible garment rack in open facilities for the terrrporary deposit of outoperative arrangement, made according to 2w door garments are rarely adequate to care and embodying the principles of the present 70 for any considerable number of such garinvention; lBigure 2 is a perspective View merits, asis necessary to be done on occasions of the same when in collapsed conditionrea'dy of social entertainment attended by guests to be stored away; and Figure 3 is a part incornparatively large number. Usually the plan or top view and part horizontal section,

t host or hostess, as the case may be, utilises a taken on line 3-3 in Figure 1. l5

9 sleeping room as a cloakroom, and'the guests Similar characters oi reference are emiind it necessary to deposit their out-door ployed in all of the hereinabove described garments promiscuously upon beds, chairs views, to indicate corresponding parts.

or such other furniture as may serve. "Eluch Referring now to said drawings, the retorao practice not only entails considerable conencecharacters 4t and 5 indicate pairs of end so fusion when it is desired to resumepossession members or uprights, which are piyotally of the garments, but also frequently ininterconnected together at their central por volves injury to the garments, as e. g, when tions, soas to open out to form lit-shaped end a heavy coat is accidentally deposited on more frames. The lower ends of said uprights 4L dclicatestructures such as wrlmens hats. Tn and 5 are beveled oil, as at 6, to provide footas addition to this, in inclement Weather, Wet portions upon which the end frames stand outer clothing is deposited on bedboverings when opened out into operative pos tion. and polished furniture with 'ftrequent 'in- Said end-Frames are spaced apart longitud1- jurious, and often insanitaryeilects. This nally, and the members thereof pivotally reto practice is also very inconvenient in small lated by neans of an axial or central rod 7, e0 homes, wherein it is sometimes necessary to upon the extremities of which said members utilize a childs room, thus entailing either turn. Longitudinally opposite foot-portrons keeping the child up long after normal bedof the members t and 5 are braced against time or inaltzing temporary, sleeping prodisplacementlrom operative connected reall vision thereiior'. lation' by means of longitudinal lower as Our present invention seeks to provide a stretcher rods or bars 8; and, in like manner, novel and yet simple form of rack, which is the upper ends of longitudinally opposite calculated to both provide storage facilities members t and 5 are braced aga nst displa for a considerable number of out-door garment from operative connected relatio tie-intents, as wellas means to securely support means of longitudinal upper stretcher ly evident that lie or flexible material,

wearing apparel.

- like.

. a mans overcoator a womans outer hanger 13,

1s engaged upon either one or the of wrgnkling or crumpling.

is not desired,

shaped end-frames,

or bars 9. Secured to, and extending horizontally between said upper stretcher rods or bars 9 when the rack is in open operative arrangement, is a flexible apron 10, which may be made of canvas or other suitable faband which serves two purposes; first,-it functions to limit the operative opened out position of the end frames; and, second, it functions as a top shelf or support upon which may be deposited hats and other comparatively small articles of Secured to and extending between the .upper end portions of longitudinally opposite members-4 and 5, and downwardly spaced from the upper stretcher rods or bars 9 are rack bars 11.

Connected with said axial or central rod 7, so-as to. depend therefrom, is a bag-member 12 which may be made of any suitable material, and which serves as a depository for small arti les of wearing apparel, or the When the novel garment rack is opened until the apron 10 assumes substantially horizontal position, as shown in Figure 1, the same is made ready for use and will stand upon its foot-portions 6 in upright position. Coat hangers 13 are provided hav- -1ngr the usual suspension hooks common to such articles. To deposit a garment 14,such as coat,upon the rack, the same is first engaged upon a coat whereupon the hook of the latter other of said rack-bars 11 so as to hang therefrom between the en'd-frames. It will be apparent, that a garment rack of comparatively small size, is adapted to support, on both sides thereof, from the respective rack bars 11, a very considerable number of such garments 14, which may be brought close together, and yet hang smoothly and free from likelihood At the same time the top apron 10 providesa clear and clean support for hats 15 and the like, while the ag-member 12 may be utilized for the deposit of small articles, such as gloves, packages, etc.

From the above description it will be clear-- our garment rack provides a very simple and yet exceedingly convenient device for the purposes for which it is intended, while at the same time, when its use it may be quickly and easily folded-up into a comparativelysmall bulk so as to be capable of being stowed away in a closet, or other convenient storage place.

Having thus described our invention, we

comprising foldahle X- means to limit the un of said end-frames and 1. collapsible garment rack, a pair of longitudinally spaced folding movement the respective said rack-rods being operative to receive means carried by and extending between said end-frames from which garments may be suspended, said suspending means and the adjacent end-frame members defining space for garments on hangers to extend transversely of said suspending means and beneath said limiting means.

2. A collapsible garment rack, comprising pairs of end members centrally pivoted together to form X-shaped end-frames when opened out into operative position, means to interconnect said end-frames together, and means carried by and extending between the upper end portions of said enc -frames from which garments may be suspended, said suspending means and the adjacent end-frame members defining space for garments on hangers to extend transversely of said suspending means and beneath said inter-connecting means.

3. A collapsible garment rack, comprising pairs of end members centrally pivoted together to form X-shaped end-frames when opened out into operative position, stretcher rods interconnected between the extremities of opposed members of the respective endframes, a flexible apron interconnected between the uppermost stretcher rods to serve both as an article support and as a means to limit the opened out position of said end- 95 frames, and means beneath said apron and carried by and extending between said end frames from which garments may he suspended so as to extend parallel to said endframes.

4. A collapsible garment rack, comprising pairs of end members centrally pivoted together to form X-shaped end-frames whenopened out into operative position, stretcher rods interconnected between the extremities 105 of opposed members of the respective endframes, a flexible apron interconnected be tween the uppermost stretcher rods to serve both as an article support and as a means to limit the opened out position of said end- 110 frames, rack rods interconnected between the upper end portions of opposite members of end-frames but downwardly spaced from said uppermost stretcher-rods,

gar- 115 suspended at both sides of the extend parallel to said endments provided with hangers whereby ments may be rack so as to frames.

5. A collapsible garment rack, comprising pairs of end members centrally pivoted together to form X-shaped end-frames when opened out into operative position, stretcher rods interconnected between the extremities of opposed members of the respective end- 1 frames, a flexible apron interconnected between the uppermost stretcher rods to serve both as an article support and as a means to limit the opened out position of said endframes, rack rods interconnected between the upper end portions of opposite members of the respective end-frames but downwardly spaced from said uppermost stretcher-rods, said rack-rods being operative to receive garmerits provided with hangers whereby garmerits may be suspended at both sides of the rack, and a bag-like depository suspended transversely between the central portions of said end-frames.

In testimony that We claim the invention W set forth above we have hereunto set our hands this 4th day of March 1927.

' JOSEPH LINCK.

ANNA. JOEST. 

